Publication Place
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Mertola Museum
Subject
Ceramic made of yellowish paste, lightly pressed with a speed wheel, fired in an oxidizing medium, and painted with a glaze, decorated with a complete dry rope method.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
قطر الفوهة: 29,2 سم؛ قطر القاعدة: 11 سم؛ الطول: 8,5 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
CR/CS/0014
Record ID
object;ISL;pt;Mus01;4;ar
Library Location
Mertola Museum
Notes
Spectra with a circular nozzle, curved vertical edges and a triangular lip. Its base is slightly convex and its stem is obliquely annular; Externally painted with a monochrome honey glazed paint. Inside, there is a special decorative technique that combines a frieze of small stamped rosettes and decorations based on the cuerda seca technique, in which the colors of the glaze consisting of white, green, violet and honey appear clearly separated from each other by lines of manganese. The central figure represents a tree of life, consisting of three flat-visible lotus flowers, connected by a vegetal stem, and surrounded by a frieze of stamped rosettes. This composition is completed by a quadrilateral plan at the edge, consisting of two pairs of alternating vegetal figures. The theme of the Tree of Life or the Tree of Paradise is similar in pieces of Iraqi pottery with metallic reflections (metallic luster) dating back to the ninth century (Grube, 1976). Restored piece.
Sample Text
Susana Gómez Martínez “Taifur (concave dish)” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;pt;Mus01;4;ar
